The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-05
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
DOMESTIC.


DOMESTIC.
YELLOW FEVER was spreading on the 24th
at Tampa, Fla. Three new cases were re-
porte d and two deaths
Mrs r G. RErNERrsoS, writer of some
note, with residence at Milwaukee, Wis,
claimed on the Oath to have had her hear
ing restored by Christian Science methods
She had been deaf for twenty-slx years
EXCITEMENT prevailed on the Oath at
Delphi, Ind. over report that Luella Nab
blot for whose murder Amer Green was
lynched, had arrived in that town
The lumber firm of Rood & Maxwell, of
Washburn, Wis, failed on the Oath for
$500, 600 @~-
AN oil well with q flow Of 100 barrels an
hour was struck on the oath in Butler Coun-
ty, Pa --z@.s
COUNTERFEIT postal cards, skillfully exc
cnted, made their appearance in Pittsburgh
Pa, on the oath 4
THE Jameson mill Of the Manistee (AIich)
Lumber Company. on Manistee lake, was
burned on the Oath with four million feet
Of seasoned lumber. Loss, 100000
The thermometer ut Billings, NJ. T.,
registered fifteen degrees below zero on the
24th Four inches OF snow had fallen.
DURING the week ended on the 22d 9S3,-
481 standard silver dollars were issued
from the minis ..i ~
Two-rmnps of the town of Spencer, ".
Va, was destroyed by fire on the 24th.
TIE Chicago police said on the 9th that
In the recent arrest of seven men they had
broken up the worst gang of burglars ever
in that city.
were lynched ON the Oath at Taliulah, La
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TIE thirteenth baseball game in the
worlds championship series, played on the
24th at Detroit, resulted: Detroit, g.; st
Louis, 3 OF the former club Brouthers was
presented with zylonite bat, CANCEL with
gold watch and chain and Bennett with
five hundred silver dollars
THB beautiful country residence Of John
HowaA, at Lagonda, O., together with every
other bulldog on the place. were totally de-
stIoyed by fire on the 24th Eleven fine
horses were burned to death.
FHE boilers IN the Lawrence iron and
steel works at Trenton, O., blew up on the
24th, killing four men and seriously iniur-
ing twenty others
TORNADO swept over Findlay, o., on the
24th, destroying several houses and dam
aging others The loss was over $4,000
The visible supply of wheat In this coun-
try on the 24th was 1855, 5S4 bushels; of
corn 2, 924, 431 bushels, and of oats 5, $780,
$50 bushels A year ago the stock of wheat
In SIGHT was 55,374, 100 bushels; of corn
13,494, $40 bushels. and Of oats 6,358, $40
bushels
TIE suit brought by the Milwaukee Malt
Company to compel the Rock Island railroad
to transport new beer through Iowa was
decided by the Supreme Court Of the State
on the oath in favor of the railroad
HENRY BENHAYoN committed suicide on
the 24bh at San Francisco, leaving a letter
In which he stated that two years ago he
poisoned his sister, the wife of Dr. j.
Milton Bowens, to secure the insurance on
her life DR.. Bowsns was tried for the mur-
der Bonhayon being the principal witness
against him, and is now in prison under
sentence of death.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the 25th issued
proclamation designating the 24h of
November as day of thanksgiving and
prayer:
THIRTEEN new cases Of yellow fever and
three deaths occurred on the 25th at Tam
pa, Fla The outlook was discouraging.
AT Huron, D. T, the residence of Eugene
Kelly caught fire on the 25th and two chill
dren, who were In tho house alone, were
burned to death
of Harrison township, Ind, was accidental
~ shot and killed by his son on the Goth
while hunting.
The Treasury Department. at Washington
On the Goth suspended tho issuing of silver
certificates or other paper currency III de-
nominations below five dollars
IT Was.repor; ed on the 20 III that gold had
been found on the west bank of the Chip
pewa river, fifteen miles from its mouth
Specimens exhibited Mt Eau Claire, Wis =,
were said to be of high value
The ninth biennial International confer
ence Of the Women's Christian associations
Of the United States and Canada commenced
in New York City on the 25th Mrs Fisher,
Of New Haven, Conn, presided
WILLIAM REED a noted oil prospector.
who was worth somewhere near million
dollars was drowned In the Atlantic ocean
near Somers Point, n. j., on the 10Th.
The introduction of resolutions of SYM
Pathy for the Chicago Anarchists at a meet
ingof the Turner's Society OF Louisville on
the 25th caused split in the organization
The resolutions were tabled.
THE boiler of a threshing machine ex-
ploded On the 25th on the farm Of George
Irwin, near Glendale, D. r., and three men
were killed and two fatally wounded.
THE saw-mill and planing-mill OF C. C.
LOOMS, at LOOMS Station, Mo-, were de-
~Etroyed by fire on the 25ah, causing d loss
Of $l50,OO0 -- -.
The walls Of a paper mil in course Of
construction at Corinth, n. Y, fell on the
Doth, killing four men.
GEORGE ". MooREs four-year-old son was
burned to death on the 25th at Brazil, Ind
The boys grandmother mounted horse to
go for doctor, and was thrown off and IA
tally injured
The steam whaler Orca arrived at San
Francisco on the 25th from the Arctic and
reported the catch of the fleet for the sea-
son as the largest for many years, the total
number Of whales taken being 256 This
would amount to 200 pounds of bone
and $500 barrels of oil
The State Department building at Wash
fmgton was draped in black on the 25th as
mark Of respect. to the memory OF the
late E. B. Washburne, of Chicago, who was
Secretary of State for short time during
President Grants Administration.
The fourteenth baseball game Of the
worlds championship series between the
Detroit and St. Louis clubs was played in
Chicago on the 25th. Score: Detroits, q;
St Louis Browns, 3.
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